memeorandum: Supreme Court delivers wins for gay marriage movement (Lawrence Hurley/Reuters)

2:30 PM ET, June 26, 2013

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Eyder Peralta / NPR:

Court Overturns DOMA, Sidesteps Broad Gay Marriage Ruling … The Supreme Court issued rulings on two highly-anticipated cases on gay marriage today. By 5-4, it ruled the federal Defense of Marriage Act, which defines marriage as a union between one man and one woman, is unconstitutional.

Discussion: Balkinization, The Moderate Voice, his vorpal sword, Applesauce, Taylor Marsh, Poynter, RYOT News and The Hinterland Gazette

Adam Liptak / New York Times:

Supreme Court Bolsters Gay Marriage With Two Major Rulings — WASHINGTON — In a pair of major victories for the gay rights movement, the Supreme Court on Wednesday ruled that married same-sex couples were entitled to federal benefits and, by declining to decide a case from California, effectively allowed same-sex marriages there.

Discussion: Associated Press, Alan Colmes' Liberaland, ViralRead, New Republic, The Huffington Post, The American Conservative, SCOTUSblog, Hullabaloo and Taegan Goddard's Wonk Wire

Paul Waldman / American Prospect:

Antonin Scalia Is Angry. Again. — Ten years ago, when the Supreme Court ruled that laws outlawing sodomy between consenting adults were unconstitutional in the case of Lawrence v. Texas, Justice Antonin Scalia wrote a blistering dissent. “What a massive disruption of the current social order,” he practically wailed from the page.

Discussion: The Maddow Blog, Wonkblog and Popehat

Lawrence Hurley / Reuters:

Supreme Court delivers wins for gay marriage movement — (Reuters) - The Supreme Court on Wednesday handed a significant victory to gay rights advocates by recognizing that married gay men and women are eligible for federal benefits and paving the way for same-sex marriage in California.

Discussion: The Moderate Voice, Outside the Beltway, Not the Singularity and Taylor Marsh

Ariel Levy / News Desk:

How Edith Windsor Learned She Won — Everyone at the apartment of Roberta Kaplan, the lawyer who argued Edith Windsor's successful challenge to the Defense of Marriage Act, exploded in screams and sobs when the ruling came down. Kaplan called her mother and said, “Total victory, Mom: it couldn't be better.”

Discussion: msnbc.com, Advocate, Joe. My. God., Jewish Telegraphic Agency, The Dish and Towleroad News #gay

Frank Rich / New York Magazine:
Frank Rich on the National Circus: Gay Marriage Triumphs, Roberts Be Damned

Discussion: Politico, Wonkblog, The BRAD BLOG and BobCesca.com

Elizabeth Titus / Politico:
Hillary Clinton, other potential 2016ers react to rulings

Discussion: rubio.senate.gov

Richard L. Hasen / New York Times:
The Chief Justice's Long Game

Discussion: Talking Points Memo, New Republic, The Hill, Businessweek, Balkinization, Prairie Weather, Connecting.the.Dots and News Desk

Politico:
GOP leadership on DOMA: It's up to the states

Discussion: ThinkProgress and p m carpenter's commentary

Carly Schwartz / The Huffington Post:
Supreme Court DOMA Decision Rules Federal Same-Sex Marriage Ban Unconstitutional

Discussion: The Daily Banter, addictinginfo.org and NewsHounds blog

David G. Savage / Los Angeles Times:
Prop. 8: Supreme Court clears way for gay marriage in California

Discussion: The Maddow Blog

Josh Barro / Business Insider:
Antonin Scalia's Gay Marriage Dissent Is Dripping With Contempt And Sarcasm

Discussion: Washington Monthly

Mike Lillis / The Hill:
Pelosi: ‘No surprise’ DOMA struck down

Discussion: Politico and Reuters

Gov. Mike Huckabee / CNN:
Supreme Court gives two big victories for gay rights

Discussion: ThinkProgress, TechCrunch, Little Green Footballs and Global Public Square

Wall Street Journal:
Supreme Court Rulings Boost Gay Marriage

Discussion: Washington Wire, LewRockwell.com Blog, Weekly Standard, Law Blog, The Reaction and Talking Points Memo

New York Times:
Live Analysis of the Supreme Court Decisions on Gay Marriage

Discussion: JohnShore.com and The Huffington Post

CNN:
Court issues 5-4 ruling rejecting DOMA

Discussion: PrawfsBlawg and Friendly Atheist

Harry J Enten / Guardian:
Supreme court Doma and Prop 8 rulings align law with US public opinion | Harry Enten

Discussion: Slate, New Republic, The Dish and The Volokh Conspiracy

Ian Millhiser / ThinkProgress:
Supreme Court Rules DOMA Is Unconstitutional

Discussion: Slate and The Raw Story

Justin Sink / The Hill:
Poll: 55 percent support same-sex marriage

Discussion: Politico and CNN

Austin American-Statesman:

Screaming protest disrupts vote on abortion bill — Sen. Wendy Davis, speaking to a large and adoring crowd gathered outside the Senate door, thanked her supporters. — “Today was democracy in action,” she told the crowd. “You all are the voices we were speaking for from the floor.”

Discussion: The Huffington Post, Wonkblog, Yahoo! News, Associated Press, Off the Kuff, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Slate, CBS News, The Raw Story, Business Insider, Taylor Marsh, Greg's Opinion, Outside the Beltway, First Read, Trail Blazers Blog, RH Reality Check, Boing Boing and The Texas Tribune

New York Times:

In Texas, a Senator's Stand Catches the Spotlight — AUSTIN, Tex. — A Fort Worth Democrat, Senator Wendy Davis, 50, stood in her running shoes on the green carpeted floor of the Senate chamber and spoke about a bill with some of the toughest abortion restrictions in the country from 11:18 …

Discussion: Guardian, PostPartisan, The Lede, ThinkProgress, Mediaite, Associated Press, Hot Air, BuzzFeed and Prairie Weather

Becca Aaronson / The Texas Tribune:

Led by Davis, Democrats Defeat Abortion Legislation … The nation watched on Tuesday — and into Wednesday — as Democratic Sen. Wendy Davis and hundreds of impassioned reproductive rights advocates stalled proceedings and ultimately defeated controversial abortion legislation in a storm …

Discussion: The Texas Observer, The Hill, Daily Kos, New York Times, Gawker, The Week, Taylor Marsh, Weasel Zippers, Shakesville, Politico, Taegan Goddard's … and No More Mister Nice Blog, more at Mediagazer »

U.S. News:

Texas abortion bill fails to pass after epic filibuster — A bill that opponents claimed would virtually ban abortion in Texas failed to pass late Tuesday after lawmakers missed a deadline by just minutes. — There were chaotic scenes after a filibuster attempt fell just short and protesters cheered …

Discussion: CNN, The Maddow Blog, Washington Monthly, News Desk, Red Alert Politics, Guardian, Hit & Run, The Fix, The Gateway Pundit, BizPac Review, National Review, Balloon Juice and msnbc.com

Ed Payne / CNN:

After midnight filibuster, Texas abortion bill fails — (CNN) — The Texas legislature's special session ended in chaos and confusion early Wednesday, when a marathon filibuster failed — but so did a Republican effort to pass a bill that would have greatly restricted abortions in the state.

Discussion: Associated Press, Fox News, addictinginfo.org, SQUATLO RANT, Hullabaloo, The Reaction, New York Times and Washington Post

CNN:
Lawmaker filibusters abortion bill

Discussion: Guardian, Althouse and Rare

Jade Walker / The Huffington Post:
Texas Abortion Bill Filibustered By State Senator Wendy Davis Is Dead

Discussion: Wonkblog, Slate, PoliticusUSA, The Raw Story, First Read and The Agonist

The Texas Tribune:
Liveblog: Senators Trying to Determine if Abortion Bill Passed

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Bill Barrow / Associated Press:

Republicans Across The South Promise Quick Action After SCOTUS Ruling — ATLANTA (AP) — Across the South, Republicans are working to take advantage of a new political landscape after a divided U.S. Supreme Court freed all or part of 15 states, many of them in the old Confederacy …

Discussion: Associated Press, Booman Tribune and The Maddow Blog

Richard A. Posner / Slate:
Supreme Court 2013: The Year in Review

Discussion: Lawyers, Guns & Money, American Prospect and The Plum Line

New York Times:
An Assault on the Voting Rights Act

Discussion: Politico, Wall Street Journal, PostPartisan, FiveThirtyEight, msnbc.com and Right Wing News

Ilya Shapiro / Bloomberg:
Jim Crow Is Dead. Long Live the Constitution.

Discussion: Commentary Magazine, Associated Press and NationalJournal.com

Te-Ping Chen / China Real Time Report:

Name Mix-Up Helped Snowden Leave Hong Kong … The U.S. Justice Department needs to pay more attention to names and numbers when requesting other governments to detain its citizens, Hong Kong officials say. — By now, the world is very familiar with the name Edward Snowden …

Discussion: National Review, Quartz and The Daily Caller

Bloomberg:
This Is Not About Edward Snowden

Discussion: The Moderate Voice and War Is A Crime .org

Alex Berenson / New York Times:
Snowden, Through the Eyes of a Spy Novelist

Discussion: msnbc.com and Yahoo! News

CNN:

‘Crossfire’ coming back to CNN — Washington (CNN) - An institution is coming back to CNN. — “Crossfire,” the long-running political debate show that aired on CNN from 1982-2005, is getting a reboot, the news network announced Wednesday. Four new hosts - two on the left, and two on the right - will debut the program this fall.

Discussion: Politico, Washington Monthly, Libertarian Republican and Business Insider

CNN:
Crossfire Returns — Newt Gingrich, S.E. Cupp, Stephanie Cutter …

Discussion: The Daily Caller and Outside the Beltway, more at Mediagazer »

ESPN:

Aaron Hernandez arrested — NORTH ATTLEBOROUGH, Mass. — Aaron Hernandez was arrested Wednesday morning, more than a week after an acquaintance of the New England Patriots tight end was found dead in an industrial park near his house. — The Bristol County District Attorney's office released …

Discussion: The Gateway Pundit and Outside the Beltway

CNN:
Player taken into custody

Discussion: Scared Monkeys, KTLA 5, RYOT News and The Hinterland Gazette

Chris Cillizza / The Fix:

Passion fades for President Obama among Democrats — A majority of Americans regard President Obama favorably, but his numbers have softened considerably among his fellow Democrats, according to new polling conducted by the Washington Post and ABC News. — Obama's favorability stands at 53 percent …

Discussion: Weasel Zippers, The Week, Hot Air, Associated Press and Taegan Goddard's …

Dana Blanton / Fox News:
Fox News Poll: Obama ratings suffer as scandals continue

Discussion: Weasel Zippers, The Daily Caller and Washington Free Beacon

Joe Mullin / Ars Technica:

In 2009, Ed Snowden said leakers “should be shot.” Then he became one — In Internet chat, Snowden opined on travel, short-selling—and national security. — Aurich Lawson / The Guardian — Ed Snowden was 23 years old when he moved to Geneva in 2007. Soon after arriving, he was looking for a taste of home.

Discussion: Wonkblog, BobCesca.com, Hit & Run, Business Insider and Mediaite, more at Mediagazer »

Alison Rourke / Guardian:

Julia Gillard ousted as Australia prime minister — Julia Gillard confirms she will not contest next parliamentary elections after losing Labor party leadership ballot to Kevin Rudd — Australia's first female prime minister, Julia Gillard, has been sacked by her party just months …

Discussion: Samizdata, Libertarian Republican and Outside the Beltway

U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis:

National Income and Product Accounts Gross Domestic Product, 1st quarter 2013 (third estimate); Corporate Profits, 1st quarter 2013 (revised estimate) — Real gross domestic product — the output of goods and services produced by labor and property located in the United States …